Fluorite and Tetrahedrite on Quartz

LOCATION:

Sweet Home Mine, Alma District, Buckskin Gulch, Park County, Colorado, USA

DESCRIPTION:

A matrix thickly covered with lustrous, clear Quartz points to 22 mm long, host lustrous black Tetrahedrite to 5 mm, accented with bright-brassy Pyrite. Many lustrous, blue cubes of Fluorite to 6 mm on edge, with beveled edges and purple phantoms, cover many parts of the specimen. Minor pink Rhodochrosite attests to the locality. The base and rear are sawn for display. This a showy specimen from the Blue Moon Pocket in the Main Stope, and is in perfect condition.

SIZE: 114 x 60 x 53 mm overall (Large Cabinet)